{"id":90874,"date":"2021-04-19T15:57:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T10:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=90874"},"modified":"2021-04-19T15:58:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T10:28:15","slug":"false-claim-of-journalist-pragya-mishra-murder-in-broad-day-light-shared-with-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-journalist-pragya-mishra-murder-in-broad-day-light-shared-with-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumour of journalist Pragya Mishra&#8217;s murder is false"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A WhatsApp forward claims that Uttar Pradesh journalist Pragya Mishra was murdered in broad daylight for her critical reportage on Kumbh Mela amid a growing pandemic. Photographs of a woman lying dead on the road have been shared to promote the claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-90874 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-journalist-pragya-mishra-murder-in-broad-day-light-shared-with-videos\/pragya-mishra-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra-1-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra-1-895x1024.jpg 895w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra-1-768x879.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-journalist-pragya-mishra-murder-in-broad-day-light-shared-with-videos\/pragya-mishra\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra-895x1024.jpg 895w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra-768x879.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-journalist-pragya-mishra-murder-in-broad-day-light-shared-with-videos\/pragya-mishra1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra1.jpg 628w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/pragya-mishra1-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A few people have also shared CCTV footage of a man stabbing a woman.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90888 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/805f685d-a94b-49ec-878d-cb5ab9281404.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/805f685d-a94b-49ec-878d-cb5ab9281404.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/805f685d-a94b-49ec-878d-cb5ab9281404-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/805f685d-a94b-49ec-878d-cb5ab9281404-1024x466.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/805f685d-a94b-49ec-878d-cb5ab9281404-768x349.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/805f685d-a94b-49ec-878d-cb5ab9281404-1536x698.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The claim is also circulating without the pictures with Malayalam caption on Facebook. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rmecheri\/posts\/3444131089022283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> below has 4,600 shares.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90886 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/download-2021-04-19T154130.948.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/download-2021-04-19T154130.948.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/download-2021-04-19T154130.948-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shajir.palamoottil.5\/posts\/459440331976908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malayalam user&#8217;s post<\/a> drew 2,100 shares. The viral message reads, &#8220;\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d3e\u0d17\u0d4d\u0d2f \u0d2e\u0d3f\u0d36\u0d4d\u0d30 \u0d0e\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28 \u0d2a\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d30 \u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d35\u0d7c\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d15 \u0d15\u0d4a\u0d32\u0d4d\u0d32\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d46\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d41. \u0d15\u0d41\u0d02\u0d2d \u0d2e\u0d47\u0d33\u0d2f\u0d3f\u0d7d Covid \u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d28\u0d26\u0d23\u0d4d\u0d21\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d7e \u0d2a\u0d3e\u0d32\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d3e\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d24\u0d4d \u0d35\u0d3f\u0d2e\u0d7c\u0d36\u0d3f\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d41 \u0d15\u0d4a\u0d23\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d4d \u0d35\u0d3e\u0d7c\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24 \u0d1a\u0d46\u0d2f\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d24\u0d4d \u0d15\u0d3e\u0d30\u0d23\u0d02.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90887 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/2089117c-c046-44b0-ac85-109ccba0d7ce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/2089117c-c046-44b0-ac85-109ccba0d7ce.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/2089117c-c046-44b0-ac85-109ccba0d7ce-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>False claim<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Pragya Mishra took to Twitter to debunk the rumours of her murder. &#8220;I am at home following COVID protocol. I am alive and safe. The rumours of my murder are false,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0926\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b\u0935\u093f\u0921 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u094b\u091f\u094b\u0915\u0949\u0932\u094d\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u0935\u091c\u0939 \u0938\u0947 \u0918\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0942\u0901 \u090f\u0915\u0926\u092e \u091c\u0940\u0935\u093f\u0924 \u0914\u0930 \u0938\u0941\u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u0942\u0901..\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0930\u094d\u0921\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0916\u092c\u0930 \u0905\u092b\u0935\u093e\u0939 \u0939\u0948..<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5man4uDZSb\">https:\/\/t.co\/5man4uDZSb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bsH3WsTU2x\">pic.twitter.com\/bsH3WsTU2x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pragya Mishra (@PragyaLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PragyaLive\/status\/1383701825451270148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The photographs being shared pertain to an incident from Delhi. On April 10, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/cities\/delhi\/story\/delhi-rohini-murder-video-pictures-caught-on-camera-man-stabs-wife-1789563-2021-04-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Today reported<\/a> that a man named Harish Mehta attacked and killed his wife using a knife in Delhi&#8217;s Rohini area. He suspected his wife of having an &#8216;illegitimate relationship&#8217;. The deceased Neelu Mehta used to work at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. Harish stabbed his wife in front of a number of bystanders, many of whom were recording footage instead of saving her.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90321 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/5.jpeg 799w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/5-270x300.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/5-768x855.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dozens of media outlets including <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/delhi\/man-stabs-wife-to-death-in-broad-daylight-in-delhis-rohini-7268238\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Indian Express<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Delhi\/man-murders-wife-aspassers-by-look-on\/article34292477.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hindu<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/delhi-news\/woman-stabbed-26-times-by-husband-in-delhi-market-dies-2410701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NDTV<\/a> covered the incident. The Indian Express reported, &#8220;Neelu was rushed to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital but doctors declared her dead on arrival. The accused, who works at a marriage bureau, told police he recently got married to Neelu and wasn\u2019t happy with her job at Safdarjung Hospital.&#8221; The outlet quoted DCP Tayal saying, \u201cHe suspected her of having an extramarital affair and was angry that she wasn\u2019t leaving her job. The woman was living with her parents in Budhh Vihar. On Saturday around 2 pm, she was returning home from work when Mehta approached her and stabbed her multiple times on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-90874 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-journalist-pragya-mishra-murder-in-broad-day-light-shared-with-videos\/ndtv-1-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"901\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/ndtv-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/ndtv-1.jpg 901w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/ndtv-1-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/ndtv-1-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-journalist-pragya-mishra-murder-in-broad-day-light-shared-with-videos\/ie-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"884\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/IE-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/IE-1.png 884w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/IE-1-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/IE-1-768x676.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-journalist-pragya-mishra-murder-in-broad-day-light-shared-with-videos\/the-hindu-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/the-hindu-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/the-hindu-1.png 830w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/the-hindu-1-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/the-hindu-1-768x555.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photographs of a woman murdered by his husband in Delhi have been falsely shared as journalist Pragya Mishra murdered in UP for her critical coverage of Kumbh Mela. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-a-man-stabbing-wife-viral-with-love-jihad-claim-the-couple-belongs-to-hindu-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">same images were earlier shared<\/a> with the false claim that the murder was communally motivated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A WhatsApp forward claims that Uttar Pradesh journalist Pragya Mishra was murdered in broad daylight for her critical reportage on Kumbh Mela amid a growing pandemic. Photographs of a woman lying dead on the road have been shared to promote the claim. A few people have also shared CCTV footage of a man stabbing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":90890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[691],"class_list":["post-90874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-social-media-claims"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rumour of journalist Pragya Mishra&#039;s murder is false - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rumour of journalist Pragya Mishra&#039;s murder is false - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A WhatsApp forward claims that Uttar Pradesh journalist Pragya Mishra was murdered in broad daylight for her critical reportage on Kumbh Mela amid a growing pandemic. 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